Preparing for professional practice: How well does professional training equip health and social care practitioners to engage in evidence-based practice?

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 518-528

  Caldwell, Kay ^a   Coleman, Kate ^a   Copp, Gina ^a   Bell, Linda ^a   Ghazi, Fery ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Evidence based; Professional practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; LONDON; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 34447550629     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2006.08.014     Document Type: Article

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